A Poem on the Hypostatic Union
The Hypostatic Union The Word set forth before the world began Wrote out the mournful tune in minor key: The crying of the infant… Read More »A Poem on the Hypostatic Union
David Oestreich
David Oestreich lives in northwest Ohio with his wife and three children. He is a maker of poems, photographs, fishing flies, and Saturday afternoon semi-haute cuisine. His poetry has appeared in various venues, both print and online.
More on Musical Meaning
Scott’s article on Monday seemed a good occasion to make (finally) a brief post that had occurred to me some time ago. Scott wrote the… Read More »More on Musical Meaning
Stevens on Culture and Meaning
Wallace Stevens, one of the preeminent poetic voices of the modern period, was one of the greatest American poets, period. Among his chief concerns was… Read More »Stevens on Culture and Meaning
The Sacrifices of God
I subscribe to the “poem-a-day” e-mail service from Rattle, a well-regarded and above-average publication. I thought yesterday’s poem, a prose poem, might be of interest… Read More »The Sacrifices of God
Tozer on Wonder
[W]e do not know. We save face by repeating frivolously the popular jargon of science. We harness the mighty energy that rushes through our world;… Read More »Tozer on Wonder
William Logan on Medium and Message
(Note: For anyone who’s been missing them, I plan to return to sharing insights from Tozer over the coming weeks.) Any review of The Cantos‘… Read More »William Logan on Medium and Message
A Holy Thursday Poem
Betrayal The hymn’s last chords resolve to midnight’s calm as Judas goes to meet his guard through streets littered with brittle palms. While Jesus… Read More »A Holy Thursday Poem
Tozer on Medium and Message
It is probably impossible to think without words, but if we permit ourselves to think with the wrong words, we shall soon be entertaining erroneous… Read More »Tozer on Medium and Message
Tozer on the Destruction of the Gospel
All the problems of heaven and earth, though they were to confront us together and at once, would be nothing compared with the overwhelming problem… Read More »Tozer on the Destruction of the Gospel
A. W. Tozer on the Church in His Day
I’m currently reading Tozer’s The Knowledge of the Holy and plan to share some quotes over the coming weeks. From the preface, here is the… Read More »A. W. Tozer on the Church in His Day
Formalists Under Fire
A few weeks before Christmas, my sons and I made repeated visits to a firearms store. Both boys had expressed an interest in hunting, and… Read More »Formalists Under Fire
The Poetry of Ron Rash
In his answer to the first question in this interview, poet and editor Justin Evans advances the idea that it is a sense of… Read More »The Poetry of Ron Rash
The Hymns of Timothy Dudley-Smith
If Timothy Dudley-Smith is known to Protestants in the United States, it is more likely as the biographer of theologian John Stott than as a… Read More »The Hymns of Timothy Dudley-Smith
His Honor in 21st Century America
Malachi 1:6-9 (ESV) reads: “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And… Read More »His Honor in 21st Century America
Does “Slow Fade” really communicate God’s truth to His people?
I recently listened to a message delivered by a music pastor at a pastor’s conference on the subject of song selection. He touched on issues… Read More »Does “Slow Fade” really communicate God’s truth to His people?
Triolets from 1 John
Since I’ve been working to improve my writing abilities using fixed forms, I decided my annual Valentine’s Day poem to my wife would be a… Read More »Triolets from 1 John
See Amid the Winter's Snow
The concept often referred to as the humiliation of God the Son—the notion that the second person of the Trinity emptied himself of the full… Read More »See Amid the Winter's Snow
Review: Elegy for Trains by Benjamin Myers
Benjamin Myers Elegy for Trains Village Books Press ISBN Number: 978-0-9818680-6-6 Over the last quarter century, poetry has done some rather public soul . Poets… Read More »Review: Elegy for Trains by Benjamin Myers